Title The historical imagination in nineteenth-century Britain and the Low Countries / edited by Hugh Dunthorne and Michael Wintle

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Series National cultivation of culture ; v. 5 National cultivation of culture ; v. 5. Contents Introduction : Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands and the historical imagination in the nineteenth-century: an introduction / Michael Wintle -- From Waterloo Field to Bruges-la-Morte. Historical imagination in the nineteenth -- Century / Niek van Sas -- The scope and language of national history. -- A very English affair? Defining the borders of empire in nineteenth-century British historiography / Andrew Mycock -- Who is the nation and what does it do? The discursive construction of the nation in Belgian and Dutch national histories of the romantic period / Marnix Beyen -- The colonies in the Dutch national museums for art and history (1800-1885) -- Three historical fiction and collective identity. -- 'Retro-fitting the past': literary historicism between the golden spurs and Waterloo / Joep Leerssen -- The Victorians, the Dark Ages and English national identity / Joanne Parker -- 'A true conception of history': 'making the past part of the present' in late Victorian historical romances / Anna Vaninskaya -- The past imagined in the visual arts. -- Picturing patriotism: the image of the artist-hero and the Belgian nation state, 1830-1900 / Jenny Graham -- A few painters, a few heroes and many factory workers: in search of the historical culture of Belgian immigrants in northern France, 1850-1914 / Saartje Vanden Borre and Tom Verschaffel -- 'Retracing the history of our country': national history painting and engraving in Britain and the Low Countries during the nineteenth century / Hugh Dunthorne Summary The nineteenth century laid the foundations of history, both professional and popular. The authors of this collection compare Britain, the Netherlands and Belgium, unearthing the ways in which history was conceived and then utilized, usually for nationalistic purposes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Art and history -- Great Britain Art and history -- Belgium Art and history -- Netherlands Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Literature and history -- Belgium -- History -- 19th century Literature and history -- Netherlands -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- Historiography. Art and history Historiography Literature and history SUBJECT Great Britain -- Historiography -- 19th century Belgium -- Historiography -- History -- 19th century Netherlands -- Historiography -- History -- 19th century Netherlands -- Historiography -- 19th century Subject Belgium Great Britain Netherlands Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Dunthorne, Hugh. Wintle, Michael J. LC no. 2012035970 ISBN 9789004241862 9004241868 9781283854405 1283854406

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